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January 14, 2010

Sending my respects to Wyclef Jean and the People of Haiti

Wyclef Jean is a person who leads by example and someone who have the ability to stand up and change the world. I had no idea meeting him at the first #140conf would be so meaningful to me but it was. When Wyclef was in Norway to honor the President Obama's receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize I felt some of Wyclef's amazing energy at the concert he performed in. When I sent him a direct message on twitter to share my feelings, he took the time to respond directly to me. For a second I felt connected to what was happening in Norway and I know that is just one of the core results of twitter- connecting in thought instantaneously. Now we can connect to act within a minute through twitter.

I learned about the earthquake in Haiti during the #140conf Meetup in Philly on Tuesday night. I learned about the work of Wyclef soon after.

We are living in a time where the effects of the "NOW Internet" can change the world. For the first time ever, we the people can directly effect change by sharing messages and by donating money using platforms like SMS/text. When the message gets propagated around the world on places like twitter, the world has a new way to show support and respond. These are different times. NOW times. Watching the people of the world respond how they have is no surprise to me. During 2009 I discovered and rediscovered Humanity many times on twitter. We are all now seeing what it means to connect to people and empower people with a platform to take action themselves.

Wycelf is in Haiiti since yesterday and actively using the funds raised through twitter posting to help those in need.

Sending out my respect to Wyclef as someone who continues to stand up and change the world and do good things in a way that only he can.

PLEASE help the people of Haiti. Please donate to Yele Hati Earthquake Fund. If you are in the United States, Text YELE to 501 501 and donate US$5. Or visit http://www.yele.org.

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Tags: YELE, 140conf, Wyclef, Haiti, social media, twitter, Jeff Keni Pulver

Posted by jeff on January 14, 2010 09:42 AM | Permalink

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